World’s 8th Continent Has Been Discovered; And Its Name Is..
From years we have studied that there are 7 continents in the world Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America,but now it looks like the kids will have to increases the number to 8 and remember one more word as scientist have found the 8th continent of the world.
According to a new report, scientists have discovered a mostly-underwater continent called Zealandia.
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The new continent is now 94 percent submerged underwater,although it includes notable islands like New Zealand and New Caledonia, according to researchers at GNS Science (New Zealand’s geoscience agency). Zealandia is 4.9 million square kilometres big and with this, it would be world’s youngest and smallest continent.
As per the report, the mostly underwater continent is “geologically separate and distinct from Australia and Antarctica.” It’s the youngest, thinnest and most submerged continent on the planet.
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Researchers at GNS Science, New Zealand’s geo science agency, announced their discovery in a report titled “Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent.” It is slated for publication in the March-April 2017 print issue of GSA Today, the information magazine run by The Geological Society of America.
